My favourite project in the last month has been making Irini a costume for Book Week. In Australia, Book Week is a week long celebration of all things to do with books, often culminating in a book week assembly and dress up day at school. Irini decided quite a while ago that she wanted to…

Irini just turned six (which I absolutely refuse to believe – how did that happen??!!) and of course, that brought up the vexing (first world) problem of what to get for her birthday. We really didn’t want to buy her any more toys, and she has enough clothes, so that ruled out a lot of…

Back to School is just around the corner for those of us in Oz, and that means thinking about school lunches once again. Both for health and financial reasons, it makes so much more sense to send lunch to school with your child rather than needing to buying it from the canteen. There are a…

Irini’s room has been a work in process for quite a while, and I am happy to say I think I am finally finished with it (for now, anyway!!). While it is still a room for a young pre-schooler, I wanted a room that was still classic and elegant, and not full of Dora!…

Since school is going back soon for those of you in the US, I thought it might be handy to repost these Back to School Organisation Tips. We are now three terms in to school here, and I still use of these tips to help out lives run smoothly! Hopefully you have all the basics…